Numbers 8:4:7Num.8.4.W7TAB
עַד־פִּרְחָ֖הּ
adpirkhah
“to its flowers”
- Transliteration
- ad-pir-KHAH
- Extended
- ahd-peer-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕad.pirˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to its flowers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-pir-KHAH
- phraseyour reading level
ad-ye-re-KAH ad-pir-KHAH
- clause
ve-ZEH ma-a-SEH ham-me-no-RAH mik-SHAH za-HAV ad-ye-re-KAH ad-pir-KHAH mik-SHAH HI
- sentence
ve-ZEH ma-a-SEH ham-me-no-RAH mik-SHAH za-HAV ad-ye-re-KAH ad-pir-KHAH mik-SHAH HI ka-mar-EH a-SHER her-AH Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH KEN a-SA et-ham-me-no-RAH
Exegesis
The compounds ad־yerekah…ad־pirchah {עַד־יְרֵכָהּ…עַד־פִּרְחָהּ | ‘ad-yĕ-rê-ḵāh…‘ad-pĭr-ḥāh} ‘from its base to its blossom’ set inclusive endpoints.
Root and etymology
Rootp-r-r
“strong bull”
In context — Numbers 8:4
Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand: hammered work of gold, from its base to its blossom; it was hammered work, and it was made according to the pattern that the LORD had shown Moses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 8:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 8:4, so the Hebrew word עַד־פִּרְחָ֖הּ (adpirkhah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.8.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.8.4.W7.S1) and character.